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Welcome to Florida's newest -- and most-scenic -- 50k ultramarathon . . . the DAYTONA BEACH 50k!!! Whether this will be your first ultra or a tune-up for a longer race, such as the KEYS 100 or KEYS 50in May (which is perfectly-situated three weeks after our race), the DB50k​is an ideal 50k to add to your spring schedule!!

The race is a single loop, starting and ending at the world-famous Racing's North Turn, the very spot where the historic Daytona national car race (the precursor to the Daytona 500) used to exit the beach!

At high noon on Saturday, April 30, 2016​, you will start and finish right on the gorgeous, track-like beach in front of North Turn! When the gun goes off, you will head north on the beach itself for about 5.5 miles (until Daytona Beach Shores), and then follow Atlantic Avenue until just before Ormond Beach, at which point you will make your way to the intercostal waterway, and hug the nearest road as you make your way south back down to Ponce Inlet!

When you reach Ponce Inlet, the final 10k of the DAYTONA BEACH 50kmirrors the last 6 miles of the DAYTONA 100 . . . you will run around the famed Ponce Inlet Lighthouse, and make your way back to the ocean. The last two miles provide an idyllic setting for the end of your journey: they are run on the beach, on the exact same stretch where the Daytona National Car Race used to be held!!!

The DAYTONA BEACH 50kwill be a USATF-sanctioned, point-to-point loop course that travels through some of the most scenic areas Florida has to offer. You will be running almost exclusively on paved trails, sidewalks, and the beach itself (23 miles of road/sidewalk, and 7.5 miles of hard-packed, track-like beach ). You will rarely be more than a block or so from the ocean, and will enjoy countless unobstructed views of the water!

DB50k is brought to you by Zwitty Ultra, the same folks who produce the iconic DAYTONA 100​ and DAYTONA 50-mileraces, as well as spearhead one of the country's most-successful marathon and ultramarathon coaching services. So you know ​that no detail will be overlooked, and the race will be run with the same mixture of top-notch professionalism and fun-loving humor as our other endeavors!!

Run on quiet seaside streets and a beach with sand so sturdy it once hosted the world's most famous car race, the DAYTONA BEACH 50k is a flat and fast course . . . perhaps the fastest 50k in the state. And given the fact it occurs three weeks before the KEYS 50/100, DB50kis the perfect tune-up race to get in that last long run before the KEYS, and to do it in hot/humid weather, in a gorgeous location, in a competitive race, and with a rocking after-party at the iconic Racing's North Turn!!!

You can run the DAYTONA BEACH 50keither crewed or uncrewed, that's up to you (although crews can support their runners at designated aid stations only). We will have fully-stocked aid stations approximately every 3 miles.

​entry to the daytona beach 50k​(april 30, 2016)

Registration for the DAYTONA BEACH 50k is open!! The race will be capped at 200 runners for this inaugural year.

Here is the schedule of prices for the race:

"OPENING DAY" PRICE: for February 24th only (from 12:00 noon to 11:59 pm, EST), the DAYTONA BEACH 50kis only $100)!!!

8. The chance to win $500, with the "Beat Dave, Get Paid Challenge"!!!One week before the race, Dave will run the course himself, and publish his finishing time. If the male and/or female winners of the DAYTONA BEACH 50kbeat Dave's time, they will receive $500! (If one winner beats Dave's time, but the other does not, only the one who does beat Dave's time gets the $500; if they both do so, they both get $500!)

​our other races:the daytona 100 and 50-mile ultramarathons

official daytona BEACH 50k charities

The ​DAYTONA BEACH 50kis proud to partner with Impossible 2 Possible (i2P), an amazing non-profit organization dedicated to encouraging youth to reach beyond their perceived limits, and to use adventure as a medium to educate, inspire and empower young people all over the world. i2P's Experiential Learning Programs and expeditions deliver the world to the classroom and the classroom to the world!

The vision of i2P is to break the boundaries that bind modern education by using mind blowing adventures as the platform for true interactive learning. All i2P expeditions are created as fully interactive web based experiential learning programs utilizing live satellite communications, daily videos, written blogs, and photo journals to deliver peer-to-peer learning from the most remote regions of the planet.

All expedition expenses are covered for Youth Ambassadors and all i2P Experiential Learning Programs are delivered free of charge to schools and students around the world.

The DAYTONA BEACH 50k is proud to raise funds for the 26.2 with DONNA Foundation!

26.2 with DONNA is a private non-profit organization in Northeast Florida that produces the only marathon in the United States completely-dedicated to breast cancer research and care. Its mission is simple: to passionately produce world-class events to raise funds for groundbreaking breast cancer research and women living with breast cancer.

100% of 26.2 with DONNA net proceeds go to breast cancer research and care.

Since its inaugural year in 2008, the 26.2 with DONNA has contributed more than $3.5 million towards its vision to finish breast cancer. Funds go to the Mayo Clinic for bench top breast cancer research and to The DONNA Foundation to provide financial assistance to those with breast cancer.

As the official charity of the DAYTONA BEACH 50k, a portion of the proceeds from the race will be given to the 26.2 With DONNA Foundation to support its continual mission to eradicate breast cancer.